Learn about what Green Conservation Plan is doing to prevent the effects of Climate Change

• Climate Change Capacity Building, Training, information and communication services.

• Establishing Nursery Reforestation Training Programmes in communities. This provides the right source for planting more trees in communities without depending on the government to provide seedlings.

• Educating and involving learning institutions and community.Raising the general awareness of climate change and the need for political and personal action.

• Helping vulnerable communities by enhancing their resilience to climate change natural disaster, raising awareness while engaging with specific climate change issues.
(i) Climate Change Impact and Adaptation option and supporting the
development and implementation of adaptation strategies.
(ii) Climate Justice
(iii) Climate Change and Energy.
(iv) Climate Change and Health.
(v) Climate Change Impact and Adaptation.
(vi) Climate change and Forests/Deforestation.
(vii) International development issues.

• Engaging with policymakers and decision making processes at community and national level.

• Promoting solutions such as renewable energy, sustainable transportation, energy efficiency, low impact agriculture at school, university, community, workplace, regionally and nationally.

• Engaging with business leaders and encouraging leadership on climate change.
(i) Improving and integrating CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) into their business model.
(ii) Reducing emissions from industry, going carbon-neutral.
(iii) Designing lower-impact products and technologies.

• Public Education Campaign.
Informing the Public about climate change and about actions that can be taken without counting on the participation of the government. Activities include: -
(i) Bike Rallies and other active transportation.
(ii) Talks in schools and colleges.
(iii) Talks on mitigation and adaptation.
(iv) Talk-show programmes and debates on climate change through the media.
(v) Speeches on climate change and impacts in schools, colleges, churches, universities, barazas e.t.c.

• Mobilizing and Direct Action.

Lastly, Stay informed. Use the Green Conservation Plan Blog/Website to help stay informed about environmental issues, and share your knowledge with others. Together, we can and do Make Every Day Earth Day!

CLIMATE CHANGE AND CHILDREN HEALTH

Chidren are most vulnarable to effects of climate change. There is an urgent need to act now and participate as children advocates for strong mitigation and adaptation strategies from local to global.

The following are reasons why children are more prone to environment changes brought about by the climate: -

(a) Children bodies and brains are still developing, so lifelong
structural or functional changes in their bodies are more likely
than in adults.

(b) Because children are often more sensitive to food issues including
availability, costs, nutritional quality and increased chemical
exposure.

(c) Children breath faster and spend more time on the ground than
adults, increasing their expsoures to chemicals in the air and on
yards and playgrounds.

(d) Children often spend more time outdoors than adults and are exposed
to insect-borne diseases.